Marker Details

Men who fought at San Jacinto and in Army of the Confederacy


3523 Battleground Road (Independence Parkway)

La Porte , 77571

Notes:
Original marker date 1940, rededication August 26, 1989; 24 names listed on plaque
Directions: West side of Battleground Road, Marker beneath Magnolia tree in open area southeast of DeZavala Cemetery & the Sun-Dial

Key Time Period: 1836 - 1845 Republic of Texas

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text: Dedicated to the memory of the men who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto and later fought in the Army of the Confederacy (listed: Andrew Jackson Berry, Henry P. Brewster, Sion Record Bostic, Moses Austin Bryan, Rev. Anderson Buffington, Thos. Jefferson Callihan, Joseph Alvey Clayton, George Bernhard Erath, John Floyd Gilbert, James Gillaspie, Thomas Green, Thomas Monroe Hardeman, Walter Lambert, Walter Paye Lane, Benjamin McCulloch, Daniel McKay, Edward Miles, Nathan Mitchell, Pendleton Rector, Richard Scurry, Sidney Sherman, Martin Kingsley Small, John Files Tom, Amasa Turner)



Erected by the Texas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy March 2, 1940



Rededicated August 26, 1989 Texas Division United Daughters of the Confederacy
Marker Type: Granite with Plaque
Historical Org: United Daughters of the Confederacy

Key Map Information: 499 T

GPS Coordinates: 29 45.194, 95 05.377

Precinct No: 2

Marker No: 00222